• operating rr turntables in the usa

  • General discussion about railroad operations, related facilities, maps, and other resources.
General discussion about railroad operations, related facilities, maps, and other resources.

Moderator: Robert Paniagua

  by joe k
 
OK New Jersey Railfans, where can one find a list of operating turntables in the usa?
  by sullivan1985
 
joe k wrote:OK New Jersey Railfans, where can one find a list of operating turntables in the usa?
I don't know a list but I can tell you theres on in Little Ferry, Newark and Port Jervis.

  by Steve F45
 
Cumberland,MD shops for CSX.
Juniata shops for NS in Altoona,PA. Does the Altoona railroaders musuem have a turntable?

Steamton, but is it operational?

  by PRSL2005
 
CSX in Baltmore Md (MARC), Philadelphia Pa(Eastside)
Strasburg Pa RRof PA
Amtrak Washington Term, Auto Train Term VA
B&O Museum Baltmore Md
NS Roanoke Shops VA , Enola Pa
North Carolina RR Museum Spencer NC
Reading and Northern Port Clinton PA

  by Nova55
 
Steamtown has an operational one.

Oak Island in Newark
Oyster Bay LI
Queens LI ( Morris Park )

  by DutchRailnut
 
Danbury Ct at Danbury railway Museum.

  by E-44
 
California Rail Museum in Sacramento. OOS I believe. Also a transfer platform and another TT at the ex-UP shops right next door.

  by DutchRailnut
 
if its OOS its not a operating turntable right ??

  by steemtrayn
 
There's another one in Baltimore, at the south end of Ludlow St.

  by Wanderer
 
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania - Strasburg, PA.

  by Steam man
 
Two more:
Conway Scenic Railway - North Conway,NH

East Broad Top- Rockhill Furnace,PA

  by Wanderer
 
Steam man wrote:East Broad Top- Rockhill Furnace,PA
I believe that is also the last non-mechanized, timber built turntable of it's type IIRC.

  by chuchubob
 
Steve F45 wrote: Does the Altoona railroaders musuem have a turntable?

Steamtown, but is it operational?
yes and yes

  by Ken W2KB
 
Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, just outside of Denver. It is an operable 'armstrong' turntable.